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Panel Recommends Major Changes for Cutting Down Cancer Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment
By
Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos
Economics & Value
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Economics of Cancer Care
November 2013, Vol 4, No 9
For the past 30 years, awareness and screening have led to an emphasis on the early diagnosis of cancer. The goals were to get screened and to catch cancer early to reduce the rate of late-stage disease and to decrease cancer mortality.
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Cost-Effective Strategy for Early NSCLC Hinges on Operability of the Disease
By
Charles Bankhead
Economics & Value
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Economics of Cancer Care
November 2013, Vol 4, No 9
Surgery and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) proved cost-effective strategies for stage I non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) when applied to specific patient populations, according to a study reported at the 2013 American Society for Radiation Oncology meeting.
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Rising Costs of Cancer Survivorship a Growing Concern
By
Neil Canavan
Economics & Value
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Economics of Cancer Care
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Survivorship
November 2013, Vol 4, No 9
Survival is not cheap. In fact, according to the results of a new study, cancer survivors have ongoing annual medical expenditures averaging $17,000 per patient in the first year after diagnosis, or $6400 per patient at least 1 year postdiagnosis (Guy GP Jr, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2013;31:3749-3757).
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Health Disparities in Oncology: Western Europe Spends More, Achieves Better Patient Survival Outcomes than Eastern Europe
By
Audrey Andrews
Disparities in Oncology
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Economics & Value
,
Economics of Cancer Care
November 2013, Vol 4, No 9
Amsterdam, The Netherlands—The more a European Union (EU) country spends on health, the fewer the cancer-related deaths occur in that country, and there is a great disparity between Western and Eastern EU countries, according to research presented at the 2013 European Cancer Congress.
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Costs to Medicare Nearly Twice as High for Hospital Outpatient versus Community-Based Oncology Services
By
Neil Canavan
Economics & Value
,
Economics of Cancer Care
October 2013, Vol 4, No 8
A new analysis of Medicare claims between 2009 and 2011 has revealed that patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy in hospital outpatient settings are billed at rates that are 25% to 47% higher than for equivalent oncology services rendered at community-based physicians’ offices.
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Value-Based Care Will Change the Face of Medicine
Economics & Value
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Value Propositions
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Value-Based Care
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Value Peer-spectives
October 2013, Vol 4, No 8
In a recent guest blog on the
Harvard Business Review
website, Toby Cosgrove, MD, President and CEO of the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, suggested that value-based care represents a life-saving “breakthrough,” not unlike penicillin or decoding the human genome, by focusing on lowering costs and improving quality of care and outcomes as its main goals.
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IOM Cites Looming Cancer Care Crisis, Recommends Course-Correcting Strategies
By
Charles Bankhead
Economics & Value
,
Economics of Cancer Care
October 2013, Vol 4, No 8
An evolving crisis in cancer care will reach a critical mass over the next 15 to 20 years without a transition to a more patient-centered, evidence-based delivery system, warn the authors of a report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM).
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Cancer Prehabilitation May Reduce Healthcare Costs and Improve Outcomes
By
Julie K. Silver, MD
Economics & Value
,
VBCC Perspectives
October 2013, Vol 4, No 8
Prehabilitation (or "prehab") has a long history as an important part of the rehabilitation care continuum.
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Routine Surveillance CT Costly, Unnecessary in Lymphoma in Remission
By
Caroline Helwick
Economics & Value
,
Economics of Cancer Care
September 2013, Vol 4, No 7
Chicago, IL—Routine surveillance imaging is of little value in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) or classical Hodgkin lymphoma who are in remission, researchers from 2 institutions reported.
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Causes for Hospital Readmissions of Patients with Cancer
By
Wayne Kuznar
Economics & Value
,
Economics of Cancer Care
September 2013, Vol 4, No 7
>Chicago, IL—Hospitalizations and readmissions add substantial costs to healthcare. The annual cost of 30-day hospital readmissions in the United States is estimated to be $16 billion.
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